Fimbriated Porphyromonas gingivalis is more efficient than fimbria-deficient P. gingivalis in entering human dendritic cells in vitro and induces an inflammatory Th1 effector response.
D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology*; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D018836:Inflammation Mediators / Q000378:metabolism; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D016966:Porphyromonas gingivalis / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000502:physiology*; D018417:Th1 Cells / Q000276:immunology*
D016207:Cytokines; D018836:Inflammation Mediators